IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTALES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TX305060
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TX305060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40669
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.0236130
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8486099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 10 miles S of Tahoka and 3 miles E of US Highway 87.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. C. Mowery and E. H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTALES
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Portales
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34533
    A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; strong medium granular, and weak prismatic structure; hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34534
    B21—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular, and weak prismatic structure; hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34535
    B22—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; moderate medium granular, and weak prismatic structure; hard; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34536
    C1ca—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; clay; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34537
    C2ca—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34538